Comments on: Ten ways to visualize $10 trillion http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2008/10/10/ten-ways-to-visualize-10-trillion/ Personal finance, commentary, and spending less the easy way Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:24:44 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Shaun http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2008/10/10/ten-ways-to-visualize-10-trillion/comment-page-1/#comment-156754 Shaun Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:55:27 +0000 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2008/10/10/ten-ways-to-visualize-10-trillion/#comment-156754 Hehe, great article. Remember, this doesn't factor in obligatory spending. If we factored in the money that will be spent in social security we'd see a figure more in line with 40 trillion. Mind boggling. We either kill the welfare state or the welfare state kills us. There's really no alternative. Hehe, great article. Remember, this doesn’t factor in obligatory spending. If we factored in the money that will be spent in social security we’d see a figure more in line with 40 trillion. Mind boggling.

We either kill the welfare state or the welfare state kills us. There’s really no alternative.

]]> By: BSCC http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2008/10/10/ten-ways-to-visualize-10-trillion/comment-page-1/#comment-155778 BSCC Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:48:22 +0000 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2008/10/10/ten-ways-to-visualize-10-trillion/#comment-155778 Good post. The fact that you worked in "Brewster's Millions" into it gives you tons of cool points from me! Have a great weekend. Good post. The fact that you worked in “Brewster’s Millions” into it gives you tons of cool points from me! Have a great weekend.

]]> By: Andy @ Retire at 40 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2008/10/10/ten-ways-to-visualize-10-trillion/comment-page-1/#comment-155749 Andy @ Retire at 40 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:03:01 +0000 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2008/10/10/ten-ways-to-visualize-10-trillion/#comment-155749 And of course, the saying by Richard Feynman that Astronomical Numbers should actually be renamed Economical Numbers, since they are bigger and less comprehendable. There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers. Richard Feynman US educator & physicist (1918 - 1988) And of course, the saying by Richard Feynman that Astronomical Numbers should actually be renamed Economical Numbers, since they are bigger and less comprehendable.

There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it’s only a hundred billion. It’s less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.

Richard Feynman
US educator & physicist (1918 – 1988)

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